President Obama celebrates “Cinco de Cuatro”
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It is quite apparent President Obama can speak Spanish, he just has one hell of a terrible time once you remove him from his teleprompter umbilical cord.
The interesting aspect to this story and my point to the thread is the spin placed on it by the various news services and readers who comment on the story. When President Bush erred while speaking Spanish, he was held up to ridicule and mocked. Obama again gets a bye on any and all gaffes. For example, the Yahoo story passing over the gaffe with the glib comment “Moving past the jumbled translation…”. LA Times? “…in a well-intentioned attempt at Spanish and a joke about being a day early, Obama said: “Bienvenidos. Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro — (laughter) — Cinco de Mayo at the White House. ” Washington Post? Never mentioned. In fact the quip was omitted.
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